KNOX COUNTY — The Roger D. Wilson Detention Facility in Knox County is over capacity by more than 115 people as the Knox County Sheriff's Office faces challenges stemming from the overcrowding. The ...

WISCASSET (WGME) -- Knox County Commissioners have accepted a plan to close most of the county jail and send their inmates to Lincoln County 35 miles away. Commissioners plan to enter an agreement ...

On Thursday, Wayne Nichols will be executed by lethal injection of pentobarbital at a maximum security prison in Nashville.

KNOX COUNTY — After touring the Knox County jail with Sheriff Tom Spangler, county commissioners who were present at the Roger D. Wilson Detention Facility Wednesday reacted to the sheriff's desire to ...